How many fattys were found in the concentration camps? Bar a few guards, none.
So the solution is join a concentration camp, clearly......
Indeed, yet I'd wager that quite a few people had lost teeth, hair ...possibly nails etc and we all know from the pictures that most of the 'customers' resembled the Crypt Keeper more than Conan the Barbarian.
I've started to think to myself more lately about losing a bit of weight and improving my fitness.
I am 5'9" and I weigh anywhere from 12 stone to 12 stone 4 depending on the day of the week or what I ate the night before.
I'm not fat, but I could really be a lot fitter and certainly I could tone up a lot, I think I'm a bit soft a flabby around the middle really, not that you can really tell unless I am topless tbh. But I do feel that if I don't start to make some changes in my lifestyle soon I will become a fatty eventually and I really don't want that. I don't want to leave it another five or six years and be sitting here at 15 stone feeling sorry for myself. I am 27 now for reference.
I really thought it was time to do something when I had to retire my 34" waste jeans/trousers to a plastic bag in the loft (that was a couple of years ago though and still I have done very little about it) and replace them all with 36" items, now I don't fill the 36" waste out, I do find a belt necessary (I always wore one anyway, always have done) to stop them feeling a tad loose but I do find most 34s a bit too tight now and classic cut jeans with a 34" waste are too tight around the tops of the legs aswell (comfort are ok).
Since I am by no means in the same boat as a lot of other people posting here I guess simply getting some exercise is my best bet ...in all honesty I hardly get any, I get up from my chair regularly, I quite often go up and down a flight of stairs but other than that and walking to my car I don't do any really I just sit in a chair all day.
Having said that I have started to walk a bit lately through some local hills and country side (I have several good country parks and the Worcestershire country side right next to me, luckily) I've been doing it irregularly though, varying from 4 times a week to none for 2 weeks ...I have not noticed any weight loss at all really, but I have noticed walking up the hills has gotten easier for me, I don't feel worn out as quickly now, I guess doing this regularly is the key though ?
I don't eat badly really, I have a decent enough diet and I don't really like a lot of sweet food, I do not have a particularly sweet tooth ...hell I actually like plain porridge, which from the reactions of most people I know seems to be unusual. I also drink very little alcohol, I will have a couple of pints every 2 weeks or so, so not a lot really. I never drink fizzy sugary drinks as I don't like them, typically I drink decaf tea/coffee and herbal teas and lots of cold filtered water, I usually have a glass of fruit juice in the morning also. I cut caffeine out almost completely about two months ago as I felt I was drinking far too much of it due to my propensity to drink so much tea throughout the day ...so I still do ...just without the caffeine. I do not have sugar and I only put milk in black tea and it's just a drop of semi-skimmed, I don't like milky tea.
I do eat rather a lot of white bread though and I have a penchant for pork, especially the skin, (I love pork scratchings too) ...I probably eat a bit too much cheese aswell really, typically I will get through a 400g block a week. But otherwise I think my diet is ok, I typically eat porridge for breakfast, sometimes fruit and yogurt or rice crispies or just toast.
However, I will frequently have sandwiches with 4 slices of white bread at lunch time, usually with some sort of meat on or with cheese/beetroot or even crisps from time to time. So I have started buying those loafs that have smaller slices, so I still eat 4 slices but they are about 30% smaller and of course it requires less filling to make a sarnie too.
So all in all I reckon if I keep the bread eating down a bit and the fatty meat and cheese consumption ...all I really need to do is get some regular exercise and get my heart pumping every day if I can. Anyone disagree with that ?
Sorry if I went on a bit there, I though it was best to try and paint a reasonable picture of how I eat and drink etc. I didn't mention my dinner I know, however as I live at home still I eat what my mother cooks, which is quite variable but it's nearly all home made and typically comes with plenty of veg etc, we don't eat junk food meals and probably only eat take away food once a month.
I would love to eat more fish myself, I absolutely love fish of all kinds and I could basically live on a Sushi diet ...but, the other people that share the evening meal with me do not ...so unless I were to take on preparing all my own meals that's not really possible. Healthy though I am sure.
